Christina Gilliam, Ph.D.
Christina Gilliam, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist,
Anxiety Disorders Center
Phone: (860) 545-7685
Fax: (860) 545-7156
Email: cgilliam@harthosp.org
Dr. Christina Gilliam received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and completed her predoctoral internship at the Greater Hartford Consortium at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and UCONN Health Center. In 2006, Dr. Gilliam joined the Anxiety Disorders Center and completed her postdoctoral fellowship.
 
Her research interests include the role of cognitive processes in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders and examining the efficacy of novel cognitive-behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders.
 
Currently, Dr. Gilliam is the co-investigator for two treatment studies, “Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans” and “D-Cycloserine-Augmented CBT for Prior Treatment Nonresponders with OCD.” Dr. Gilliam specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety and related disorders.

Representative Publications:

Gilliam, C. M., & Tolin, D. F. (in press-a). Compulsive hoarding. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic.

Gilliam, C. M., & Tolin, D. F. (in press-b). Compulsive hoarding. In R. Hudak & D. D. Dougherty (Eds.), Clinical obsessive-compulsive disorders in adults and children. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Tolin, D. F., Gilliam, C. M., & Dufresne, D. (in press). The economic and social burden of anxiety disorders. In D. J. Stein, E. Hollander, & B. O. Rothbaum (Eds.), Textbook of anxiety disorders (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Diefenbach, G. J., Tolin, D. F., Meunier, S. A., & Gilliam, C. M. (in press). Assessment of anxiety in older home care recipients. The Gerontologist.

Diefenbach, G.J., Tolin, D.F., Gilliam, C.M., & Meunier, S.A. (2008). Extending cognitive behavioral therapy for late-life anxiety to home care: program development and case examples. Behavior Modification, 32, 595-610.

Gilliam, C.M., & Steffen, A.M. (2006). The Relationship between Caregiving Self-Efficacy and Depressed Mood in Dementia Family Caregivers. Mental Health and Aging, 10, 79-86.

Gilliam, C.M., & Cottone, R.R. (2005). Couple or Individual Therapy for the Treatment of Depression?: An Update of the Empirical Literature. American Journal of Family Therapy, 33, 265-272.